RAWALPINDI, Feb 13: Jahangir Mirza and Aamir Sajjad stroked half-centuries on Monday as defending champions Wapda scored a crushing 112-run victory over National Bank in the Patron’s Cup Group ‘B’ match at the KRL Stadium.
Put in to bat first, Wapda piled up 327 for six and then bowled out the bankers for 215 in 41.4 overs with Jahangir taking 3-15 to round off a fine day’s work.
Earlier, Jahangir struck 85 as he belted six fours and two sixes while Aamir scored 70. Also making useful contributions were Ali Azmat (46) and Bilal Khilji (44).
Mohammad Sami took 2-70 in his 10 overs and Wasim Khan captured 2-52.
Shahid Yousuf (47) was the top scorer for the bankers and hit three fours and a six.
Scoreboard
WAPDA:
Adil Nisar c Rashid b Sami 10
Jahangir Mirza c Wasim b Sami 85
Tariq Aziz b Wasim 20
Aamir Sajjad c Naved b Wasim 70
Bilal Khilji run out 44
Ali Azmat b Zahid 46
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 21
Shabbir Ahmed not out 0
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-5, W-18, NB-2) 31
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 327
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-51, 3-198, 4-220, 5-290, 6-320
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 10-0-70-2 (2nb, 1w); Wasim Khan 10-1-52-2 (1w); Zahid Saeed 10-1-70-1 (3w); Naved Latif 3-0-15-0; Mansoor Amjad 7-0-37-0 (1w); Irfanuddin 6-0-39-0 (7w); Naumanullah 4-0-33-0 (5w).
NATIONAL BANK:
Imran Nazir c Tariq b Sarfraz 8
Rashid Riaz c Adil b Shabbir 7
Mansoor Amjad c Ahmed b Shabbir 31
Naumanullah c Bilal b Sarfraz 6
Shahid Yousuf c Ahmed b Kashif 67
Naved Latif c Ahmed b Kashif 47
Mohammad Sami c Adil b Jahangir 8
Naeem Ahmed lbw b Jahangir 1
Zahid Saeed b Jahangir 14
Wasim Khan run out 14
Irfanuddin not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-4, NB-3) 11
TOTAL (all out, 41.4 overs) 215
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-24, 3-52, 4-59, 5-175, 6-176, 7-177, 8-190, 9-212.
BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 6-0-23-2 (1nb, 2w); Sarfraz Ahmed 7-0-49-2 (1w); Kashif Raza 7-0-42-2 (2nb, 1w); Farooq Iqbal 9-0-43-0; Ali Azmat 5-0-26-0; Jahangir Mirza 5.4-0-15-3; Adil Nisar 2-0-13-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Junior and Z.I. Pasha.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.